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Van Nuys, CA

In this position, I maintain/design/implement changes to the production global backbone infrastructure.Duties include but are not limited to: customer provisioning, circuit turn-up coordination, platform migrations, DWDM equipment management.

Santa Clara, CA

In this role I design, implement, support, and manage complex data networks. This position entails leadership in the design of future networks as the company grows, including product evaluation, testing, participation in product development, and in-depth troubleshooting.Worked in mixed vendor environment, including but not limited to: Cisco, Avaya.

San Carlos, CA

Maintain corporate and production network infrastructure. Provision and troubleshoot IPsec VPN connections for remote offices in Finland and China, as well as SMS/Email product customers and OpenChannel partner trials. Assist in the troubleshooting of the OpenChannel product's network configurations and deployments in-carrier.Projects include:- Deploying.

Fremont, CA

Configured BGP sessions with customers and peers. Using netflow tool, identified and resolved DOS/DDOS attacks against infrastructure or customers. Assisted customers with their networking equipment configurations, including BGP, SNMP, vlans, etc. Team leadership role included administrative duties, as well as mentoring and training the technical support.

Fremont, CA

Performed everyday troubleshooting for web hosting, server rental, co-location and transit customers. Responsible for completing copper, coaxial and optical cross-connects in facilities.Projects:- Researched & deployed production TACACS+ solution for network equipment access - Wrote & deployed production SNMP monitoring system for HVAC & UPS systems

Hired out as a consultant to Taos clients that needed short-term systems administration jobs completed. Mostly servicing Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD platforms. Worked for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Applied Materials, Covad.

Middletown, CT

Maintained and serviced ITS production Solaris & AIX systems. Provided technical support for academic computing labs that used various platforms, including IRIX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD.- Managed the ADSM/Tivoli backup system for ITS production systems- Assisted Network Administrator with campus-wide equipment upgrade from aging Cabletron hubs to.

Middletown, CT

Provided day-to-day IT support of computers, peripherals and software. Responsible for the 9 departments of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, as well as Classics and the College of Letters.

Short-term contract to provide technical support to residential customers using SNET's dial-up Internet connectivity, while SNET migrated from one helpdesk service to another. Duties included reviewing call-log from current helpdesk and calling back customers to resolve any technical issues regarding the service. Scheduling and servicing new in-home.